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If you’re a Google Apps user and still use Internet Explorer 8, you’re going to have to change your habits pretty soon. As recently announced by Google, November 15, 2012 will be the last day Google Apps users will be able to use IE8. After that date, you’ll have to switch to a newer version of Internet Explorer, or choose a different browser altogether.
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Even if you’re not a fan of blogging and don’t have an amazing new website to launch, a personal domain can be an awesome tool to own for fun or self promotion: from a customized start page with your favourite services accessible in one click anywhere in the world, to a full on CV or résumé showcasing your talent.
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If you run your own website or self-hosted blog it’s a good idea to have an email that shares its domain. This will lend additional credibility to your website and make it clear that people are communicating with you in your capacity as webmaster instead of communicating with you personally. You can bypass all the fuss by setting up an email with your domain on Google Apps.
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Do you use Google Apps for email on your domain? You're going to want to learn these two tricks, which give you access to as many incoming email addresses you could want without creating new accounts. Multiple incoming email addresses are useful for preventing spam, because you can track who is giving out your email address. Even better, if that address is spammed constantly you can set up a filter to block all mail going to it.
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Google has unveiled a brand new service by the name of Google Play. Google Play is a combined name for what we’ve so far known as the Android Market, Google Music and Google eBookstore. Under the same roof, Google will now offer apps, music, books and movies, all available in the cloud. Under the new [...]
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Nowadays, we are all signed up for so many different services, it can be hard to keep track of them all. We all have Gmail, Google Apps, Twitter and so many more accounts. When you need to find something specific, it can be a real hassle. CloudMagic is a service that is designed to help you search Google Apps, Gmail and Twitter, all from one convenient place.
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The full public release of Google+ brought it to many people, but not all. In fact, one group that was left in the cold were the users of Google Apps, the company’s range of enterprise products. These accounts could not be connected to the new social network. Now, that has changed, although you’ll need to have administrative access to a Google App account.
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If you are a Chrome user and have lots of apps installed, you will know how much of a pain it can be to manage all those apps. I also find it to be kind of a cumbersome task to launch a new tab to get to the screen where the apps live. I wish there was a way an app could be launched like an extension. I wish there was some way to keep my apps more organized and maybe even group them together somehow.
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I think at this point we can all agree that the infamous cloud is not going away. That being said, the cloud does have some disadvantages, and the most glaring of these is when you do not have an Internet connection available. Fear not, because Google has you covered as they are now offering offline access to Gmail, Docs and Calendar.
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Do you use Google Apps on your domain for email? Don't let that domain expire or you could be at serious risk of identity theft. It's possible that, should your domain expire, all of your old email and any accounts tied to your old email addresses could be easily accessed.
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If you’re fortunate enough to have more than one person in your sales team, then you may experience uncoordinated sales reps, each talking to the same customer about different things. This is a what a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system is for, and insight.ly is one such CRM, with an attractive free plan and a strong focus on Google services.
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For as long as we can remember, Google Apps customers have been limited to a small list of Google products. Most Google Apps customers will find that they only have access to the basic services – email, documents, calendar, sites, chat and groups. Google is finally taking a much welcomed step forward in offering more [...]
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I recently covered some free two-factor authentication programs for mobile phones. These greatly increase the security of your login but it helps to know what exactly you can use them with in the real world. There is a hack that adds in “two factor authentication” but it appears to rely on a Google Gadget which [...]
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If you use YouTube, Blogger, Picasa, Google Docs, Google Contacts, or Google Calendar, some recent news from the Open Source at Google blog might pique your interest: you can now use all of these Google services from the command line. Yes, the command line – that sexy, monochrome, text-based terminal where hackers do their dirty [...]
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If your project needs to have the cooperation of two or more people, here is your free solution. For personal project/task management, I recommend you have a look at GTD and the many applications that support implementing the GTD methodology. Google Apps Standard Edition is free and includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google [...]
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